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Program Helps Younger People with Disability Avoid Residential Aged Care

An analysis of a government-funded program, aimed at reducing the number of people with a disability living in residential aged care, has shown a drop of 35 per cent of those living in inappropriate accommodation in the last five years.

Program Helps Younger People with Disability Avoid Residential Aged CareThursday, 26th April 2012 at 4:09 pm

An analysis of a government-funded program, aimed at reducing the number of people with a disability living in residential aged care, has shown a drop of 35 per cent of those living in inappropriate accommodation in the last five years.

An estimated 1,432 younger people with disability have been helped in the past 5 years by a program aimed at reducing the number of people with disability aged under 65 who live in residential aged care, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

The report shows the number of service users increased steadily over the five years of the Younger People with Disability in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) program.

"Of these, an estimated 250 achieved the first YPIRAC objective—to move out of residential aged care and into more appropriate accommodation," AIHW spokesperson Nigel Harding said.

“A further 244 people achieved the second objective, and were diverted away from residential aged care, while another 456 people achieved the third YPIRAC objective—receiving enhanced services within residential aged care, when this was an available, suitable accommodation option,” he said.

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